Proposition 209, California’s anti-affirmative action initiative, went into effect in 1997. Much of the research on Proposition 209 in the decade since has focused on the impact of the initiative in higher education admissions. There has been comparatively little research examining the impact of the initiative on public employment and contracting, and even less thatContinueContinue reading “A Call for Paper Proposals on the Socioeconomic Impact of Proposition 209”
Monthly Archives: April 2007
Court of Appeal Rules That Federal Law Trumps Proposition 209
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights announced last week that a California Court of Appeal ruled April 18 that a San Francisco ordinance requiring outreach to minority- and women-owned businesses in City contracting may be mandated by federal equal protection, notwithstanding Proposition 209, the State’s anti-affirmative action initiative. The decision reverses a key element ofContinueContinue reading “Court of Appeal Rules That Federal Law Trumps Proposition 209”
Covering Race in the Aftermath of the Shooting
Writers at the San Jose Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Times yesterday covered the implications of Virginia Tech shooter Cho Seung-Hui’s ethnicity. This would not be an issue if the shooter was white, which demonstrates that race matters in our country — despite the claims of those promoting a “colorblind” society. MercuryContinueContinue reading “Covering Race in the Aftermath of the Shooting”